In 2007, ARC Discovery Scheme gave us a unique opportunity to explore what happens to Sudanese native languages when refugees and their families move to Australia.

This project ran for 3 years and included over 500 people and at least 130 different families. We observed people of different ages and talked to them about their refugee journeys, arrival, the years of transition ,their everyday living in Australia and their relationships and attitudes to their mother tongue.

The findings of this research will be published in a separate book and will be available for those interested in multilinguism , language maintenance and micro-level language planning. You can find the details of the book here.

We would also like to report back to the generous Sudanese community and provide them with the tools, a space and the information on how to keep your community languages alive and educate their children to read/ write in Dinka.

That is why this website is a meeting room for those who are interested in Dinka language and would like to share their stories and ideas on how to learn/ teach the language...what is more, you can even win the prize for the best story in Dinka!